Boating incident at Lake McConaughy severely injures child, Colorado man cited

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – A 40-year-old man from Thornton, Colo. was cited after a boating incident severely injured a nine-year-old boy at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area on Sunday.

According to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the boy from Northglenn, Colo. was wading in the water near the Sandy Beach area when he was struck by a pontoon boat’s propeller at 1 p.m.

The boy was flown to Anschutz Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo., with severe injuries…

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